Monthly Archives: November, 2011
3net loads up 3D schedule on DIRECTV for December
If you thought 3D was going away you might find an argument from Sony, Discovery and IMAX who are loading up 3net with 3D programming next month. The joint venture calls December "the Most Ambitious Rollout of 3D Programming in Television History" with over 50 hours of new 3D programming slated for airing.
Get a Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player for $59 from Disney
Disney is running a promotion where you can get a Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player for $59. To be eligible, you must purchase 3 out of 5 selected Disney Blu-ray Combo Packs which include: The Lion King, African Cats, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Winnie the Pooh, and Cars 2.
Cyber Monday 2011 jumps 33% from 2010
Jeff Chabot - 0
You may have already heard how well Black Friday sales went for retailers this year. Now, IBM Smarter Commerce has released data showing this year's Cyber Monday sales jumped 33% from last year.
PS3 Update v4 manages PS Vita content
Jeff Chabot - 0
Sony will release a software update for PlayStation3 (v4.00) that makes the console a content manager, allowing the copying and backup of files from PS3 Vita to the PS3 hard-drive, as well as updating the PS Vita system software via the console's network connection.
What pepper spray? Black Friday sales break records
Sam Jordan - 0
A new IBM Benchmark study says online shopping on Black Friday was up a whopping 24.3% over 2010, while Thanksgiving sales were even better, besting last year’s totals by 39.3%. And it’s no shocker to see that electronics led the way.
New on Blu-ray this Week: Smurfs, Herzog, Smallville
Cave of Forgotten Dreams from acclaimed director Werner Herzog takes you into France's Chauvet Cave where the oldest paintings known to man were discovered. The Blu-ray Combo edition offers both 3D and 2D versions of this film which documents paintings over 30,000 years old.
NBA ’66-Game Season’ to start Christmas Day
Early Saturday morning NBA commissioner David Stern stated that if a tentative deal is reached a 66-game season could begin as early as Christmas day on December 25. "All I feel right now is `Finally,"' Miami Heat's Duane Wade told The Associated Press.
Universal bows ‘To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition’
Universal's 3-time Oscar winning film To Kill a Mockingbird will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film's theatrical release in 1962. Universal will release the fully restored movie to hi-def Blu-ray Disc for the first time, on January 31, 2012. To Kill a Mockingbird stars Gregory Peck (Winner "Best Actor") as Atticus Finch -- a lawyer defending a young black man in Alabama in the 1930s.
Cyber Monday Deals on HDTVs, Electronics, & Blu-ray Discs
Amazon's Cyber Monday is highlighted by a deal on their top of the line Kindle DX. The regularly priced $379 reader with 9.7" E Ink display and free 3G wireless network is on sale for $259 (a savings of $120).
Titanic: Lost in the Darkness shows doomed ship’s beauty
Sam Jordan - 0
Yes, with next year marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, everything 1997 will be back in style again, from that song to the actual film, this time in 3D from James Cameron. But here’s something new and tasty: Titanic: Lost in the Darkness is a project that ORM Entertainment has been working on for a few years now, first starting out as a mod for the original Crysis game, and now taking full, and we mean full advantage of the powerhouse game engine.
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